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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Affordable Child Care Scheme: Discussion (8 Feb 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: What if the parent does not know what he or she will be entitled to on top of the universal payment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Affordable Child Care Scheme: Discussion (8 Feb 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: I pay tribute to all three organisations for the work they do. They have already done research on the cost of provision. I accept the Chairman does not want us to stray into that area. Ms Heeney raised an issue, unscripted, on what we found out earlier this morning. I am not sure whether the other two groups had an opportunity to follow the questioning of the Department and Pobal this...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Student Visas Applications (8 Feb 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: 103. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a student applying for a study visa for Ireland must prove that they have €7,000 in their own bank account or simply access to €7,000 through a sponsor's bank account; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6376/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: NewERA, National Treasury Management Agency (7 Feb 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: I want to ask the NewERA representatives if they are aware of the letter of 12 January to the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government, Deputy Simon Coveney, from the European Commissioner for Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Mr. Karmenu Vella, regarding possible fines on the State. At the end of that letter, the Commissioner states:[...] in order for the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: NewERA, National Treasury Management Agency (7 Feb 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: From the committee's perspective, obviously we will have to consider all of the possible financial implications of the recommendations we make. Does Ms Fitzpatrick envisage that NewERA might be asked to look at that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: NewERA, National Treasury Management Agency (7 Feb 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: This letter was -----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: NewERA, National Treasury Management Agency (7 Feb 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: ----- circulated to all members of this committee. It is a letter from the Commission to the Minister, Deputy Coveney, but it was circulated to the committee. It is on that basis that I am asking the question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: NewERA, National Treasury Management Agency (7 Feb 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: I know we will have representatives of the Commission before us but maybe the departmental representatives would comment on that, in terms of whether it has done any work on the question of fines.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: NewERA, National Treasury Management Agency (7 Feb 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: I am conscious that other members want to contribute so I will not put my second question to the witnesses.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (7 Feb 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: 222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the arrangements being made for children with special needs, including children on the autistic spectrum, in new schools (details supplied) due to open in 2017 and 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5596/17]

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Feb 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Labour Party amendment is No. 20. I too welcome the progress we have made with the Minister. We also sought to have the review after two years. The Minister has used wording which is similar to our amendment in terms of the extent to which, in the Minister's opinion, the operation of this Part has reduced human trafficking and the impact of this Part on the safety and well-being of sex...

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Feb 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: I move amendment No. 11:In page 19, line 21, to delete “sexual.”,” and substitute the following:“sexual.3) Money or any other form of remuneration or consideration that is paid or given for the purposes referred to in subsection (1) shall not, by reason only of that subsection, be the proceeds of crime for the purposes of the Proceeds of Crime Acts 1996 to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Private Rented Accommodation Evictions (2 Feb 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: 144. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the most recent figures for cases of evictions in County Waterford; the action he is taking to prevent families from losing their homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4956/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Departmental Funding (2 Feb 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: 150. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his Department spent its full capital allocation of €505 million for 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5091/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education (2 Feb 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: 363. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the current exemption from commercial rates which a child care service that offers only the early childhood care and education scheme can apply for on the basis of the Valuation Office's interpretation of paragraph 10 of schedule 4 of the Valuation Act 2001 will be nullified, whereby the child care service provides wraparound care as...

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Report Stage (1 Feb 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: I still do not accept the fact that a sex worker should be impoverished. I understood the amount specified in the Proceeds of Crime Act is €5,000 but I am subject to correction if it is €1,000 . Either way, whether it is €1,000 or €5,000, if a woman is to be only left with that basic amount of assets then she will be impoverished. Surely there is some way in...

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Report Stage (1 Feb 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: I welcome Deputy Jonathan O'Brien's support for our amendment No. 11. I hope the Minister will consider accepting the amendment which I signalled in the course of my Second Stage contribution on the Bill. We felt there was an anomaly in the Bill whereby a person who is a sex worker could have his or her assets seized by the Criminal Assets Bureau as a result of the legislation. We propose...

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Report Stage (1 Feb 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: I am sorry, it is €1,000. The point we wish to make is that this is an unintended consequence of the legislation and we do not believe the sex worker should have his or her home or anything else seized by the Criminal Assets Bureau. On the more general issue, I also have a problem with amendment No. 10 because I would be very concerned if we were to remove protections from sex...

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Report Stage (1 Feb 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: I move amendment No. 4:In page 17, to delete lines 7 to 34 and substitute the following:“Sexual act with a relevant person 21. (1) A person who engages in a sexual act with a relevant person knowing that that person is a relevant person or being reckless as to whether that person is a relevant person shall be guilty of an offence. (2) A person who invites, induces, counsels or...

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Report Stage (1 Feb 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Minister made a distinction between a protected person under section 21 and a relevant person under section 22. Will she elaborate on why the word "relevant" could not also have been used in section 21? They would then be the relevant persons under that section rather than under the other section. I did not fully understand her explanation as to why she was able to use "relevant" in...